Posts: 841
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 09-20-2020 10:59 AM               

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I have seen a number of presentations for sale with a swatch of tape containing moon dust from the Apollo 11 mission. These were originally made by Spaceflori (now ArtifactCloud).

Are they legal to own? What is a reasonable price for one?

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Registered: Aug 2018

posted 09-20-2020 11:30 AM               

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You can find details about this in previous posts:

• Spaceflori moon dust declared stolen from NASA
  
• 181099558902: Spaceflori Apollo 11 dust display

Regarding the legality, it's very unsure. Personally, I think the chances of NASA coming after them are rare. They already tried, and then gave up on it, so I doubt they'll go after them again. But NASA definitely would want them back, so I think owning them will always carry some risk.

As for price, I've seen these go from anywhere between $2,500 to $4,000 on average in the past few years.